Ciji Ware "Blindly, she inched along a floor pitching as violently as the deck of a boat in a midwinter storm. Her hands touched the threshold opening onto the ninth...

George Du Maurier 1894. With illustrations by the author. Artist and writer, Trilby is his best remembered work. The novel begins: It was a fine, sunny, showery day in April. The big...

Randa Abdel-Fattah High school is tough enough without throwing a hijab into the mix... What's my class going to say on Monday when I walk in wearing a muslim veil...

Patricia Highsmith Penguin Readers are simplified texts designed in association with Longman, the world famous educational publisher, to provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure. Each...

Joshua Ferris Named a best book of the year by NPR, Vogue , and the  New York Times Book Review , the hilarious and profound new novel from National Book Award...

Caleb Carr IT IS THE GREATEST TRUTH OF OUR AGE: INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWLEDGEManhattan, 2023. Vera Price's husband has been murdered, and she wants criminal psychologist Dr Gideon Wolfe to...

Michael Pocalyko Wall Street comes to Washington in Michael Pocalyko's The Navigator . On the darkest night of 1945, a 20-year-old B-24 navigator assists in the liberation of a German...

John Updike From one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century—and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit “A chilling tale that is perhaps the most essential novel...

Lisa Armstrong Janie Pember gave up work to look after her children, but when her husband takes time out in South Africa she has to find a job. She becomes...

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Amy Jenkins 'Honey has doubts about her nice suitable man, she has doubts about commitment. And she still carries a torch for the man she calls the Love Of Her...

Rachel DeWoskin “For a real insider’s look at life in modern China, readers should turn to Rachel DeWoskin.”—Sophie Beach, The Economist Determined to broaden her cultural horizons and live a...